Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Randell Crawford, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Randell Crawford registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Randell Crawford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Randell Crawford
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ansel Crawford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsRandell Crawford reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Crawford in Leon County
- Henry Crawfordborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
Crawfords elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 10 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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